The third gen Kia Picanto (Kia Morning in Korea) will get the wide ‘tiger-nose’ grille, bug-eyed headlamps with LED lighting and LED DRLs.

The rendering gives a better look at the new Picanto’s front-end, which appears to be an evolutionary step up from the outgoing model. It features a wider hexagonal radiator grille with rounded edges, wide ‘tiger-nose’ grille, bug-eyed headlamps with LED lighting and LED DRLs and foglamps with projector lighting. From older spyshots, it seems like the new Picanto will retain the side profile design, while the rear-end has new C-shaped tail lamps.

The third gen Picanto’s engine lineup is likely to comprise of the 65 bhp 1.0-litre three-cylinder and 85 bhp 1.25-litre four-cylinder petrol engines sourced from the hatchback it’s based on – the Euro-spec Hyundai i10. Both variants will feature a 5-speed manual transmission as standard and an automatic transmission as an optional upgrade.

The front-end appears to be an evolutionary step up from the outgoing model, which was launched in 2011.